They contended that the physician could not be sure of the pharmacological action of a generic drug in a patient and that the use of generic drugs is tantamountto treatment based on price and not quality.

It is obvious to me that those who feel that providing good quality restorative dentistry with local analgesia in children is tantamountto "traumatic dental treatment" have never provided such care and are ignorant of the positive effects that good quality dental care has on the child's long term dental attitudes.

Such preferential cytotoxicity against malignant tissues will remain tantamountto the Holy Grail in oncologic therapeutics because this portends improved patient tolerance and overall quality of life, and the capacity to deliver combination therapy.